June 20
1756 - British soldiers were thrown into the cell known as the "Black Hole of Calcutta."
1782 - The Great Seal of the United States was adopted.
1819 - The 320-ton Savannah became the first steamship to cross the Atlantic.
1837 - Queen Victoria ascended the British throne following the death of her uncle, King William IV.
1863 - West Virginia became the 35th state.
1893 - Lizzie Borden, accused of murdering her parents, was found innocent by a jury in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
1943 - Race-related rioting erupted in Detroit; federal troops were sent in two days later to quell the violence that resulted in more than 30 deaths.
1944 - During World War II, Japanese naval forces retreated in the Battle of the Philippine Sea after suffering heavy losses to the victorious American fleet.
1947 - Gangster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel was shot dead at the Beverly Hills, California home of his girlfriend, Virginia Hill, apparently at the order of mob associates.
1972 - Three days after the arrest of the Watergate burglars, President Richard Nixon met at the White House with his chief of staff, H.R. Haldeman; the secretly made tape recording of this meeting ended up with the notorious 18 1/2 minute gap.
1990 - South African Black nationalist Nelson Mandela and his wife, Winnie, arrived in New York City for a ticker-tape parade in their honor as they began an eight-city U.S. tour.
2013 - Lightning began sparking more than 2,000 fires across northern and central California, eventually burning more than one million acres.
2013 - Model Naomi Campbell was sentenced in London to 200 hours of community service and fined $4,600 after she pleaded guilty to kicking, spitting and swearing at two police officers during an argument over lost luggage while aboard a plane at Heathrow Airport.
2014 - The Obama administration granted an array of new benefits to same-sex couples, including those living in states where gay marriage was against the law; the new measures ranged from Social Security and veterans benefits to work leave for caring for sick spouses.
2016 - A divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-3 that evidence of a crime in some cases may be used against a defendant even if the police did something wrong or illegal in obtaining it.
2018 - President Donald Trump abruptly reversed himself and signed an executive order halting his administration's policy of separating children from their parents when they are detained illegally crossing the border; Trump had been insisting wrongly that there was no alternative to the policy because of federal law and a court decision.
2018 - The Vatican announced that Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the retired Roman Catholic archbishop of Washington, D.C., had been removed from public ministry and would face further punishment over "credible" allegations that he sexually abused a teenager more than 40 years earlier. (Pope Francis accepted McCarrick's resignation as a cardinal on July 28.)
2022 - The nation's youngest children got their first chance at vaccines for COVID-19. Roughly 18 million kids under 5 became eligible, and shots began at a few locations.
Birthdays
24 - Mckenzie Small (actress)
26 - Maria Lark (actress)
28 - Serayah McNeill (actress)
34 - Chris Mintz-Plasse (actor)
37 - Dreama Walker (actress)
38 - Mark Saul (actor)
41 - April Ross (volleyball player)
42 - Alisan Porter (actress/singer)
43 - Tika Sumpter (actress)
52 - Josh Lucas (actor)
54 - Peter Paige (actor)
56 - Nicole Kidman (actress)
69 - Michael Anthony (musician)
71 - John Goodman (actor)
74 - Lionel Richie (singer)
76 - Candy Clark (actress)
77 - Bob Vila (TV host)
78 - Anne Murray (singer)
80 - John McCook (actor)
81 - Brian Wilson (singer)
92 - James Tolkan (actor)
94 - Bonnie Bartlett (actress)
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Today in Sports History - June 20
1912 - The New York Giants and the Boston Braves combined for 17 runs in the ninth inning. The Giants scored 7 to the Braves' 10 runs. The Giants won the game 21-12.
1950 - Willie Mays graduated from high school and immediately signed with the New York Giants.
1960 - Floyd Patterson knocked out Ingemar Johansson to become the first heavyweight fighter to regain his own crown.
1967 - Muhammad Ali was convicted of violating Selective Service laws by refusing to be drafted and was sentenced to five years in prison. (Ali's conviction was later overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court.)
1980 - Robert Duran won a fifteen-round decision over Sugar Ray Leonard. It was the first defeat in twenty-eight professional fights for Leonard.
1993 - The Chicago Bulls defeated the Phoenix Suns in six games to win a third consecutive NBA championship.
1998 - Sammy Sosa (Chicago Cubs) hit two home runs for the second straight game. The feat set a major league baseball record of 16 home runs in June.
1999 - The Dallas Stars won their first Stanley Cup, defeating the Buffalo Sabres in six games.
2001 - Barry Bonds (San Francisco Giants) hit his 38th home run of the season. The home run broke the major league baseball record for homers before the midseason All-Star break.
2002 - Luis Castillo (Florida Marlins) set a major league record for second basemen when he got a hit in his 34th straight game.
2004 - Ken Griffey Jr. of the Cincinnati Reds hit his 500th career home run.
2006 - The Miami Heat defeat the Dallas Mavericks in six games to win their first NBA championship.
2007 - Sammy Sosa of the Texas Rangers recorded his 600th career home run.
2013 - The Miami Heat defeat the San Antonio Spurs in seven games to win a second consecutive NBA championship.
2019 - Duke forward Zion Williamson is taken with the first pick in the NBA Draft by the New Orleans Pelicans.
1756 - British soldiers were thrown into the cell known as the "Black Hole of Calcutta."
1782 - The Great Seal of the United States was adopted.
1819 - The 320-ton Savannah became the first steamship to cross the Atlantic.
1837 - Queen Victoria ascended the British throne following the death of her uncle, King William IV.
1863 - West Virginia became the 35th state.
1893 - Lizzie Borden, accused of murdering her parents, was found innocent by a jury in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
1943 - Race-related rioting erupted in Detroit; federal troops were sent in two days later to quell the violence that resulted in more than 30 deaths.
1944 - During World War II, Japanese naval forces retreated in the Battle of the Philippine Sea after suffering heavy losses to the victorious American fleet.
1947 - Gangster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel was shot dead at the Beverly Hills, California home of his girlfriend, Virginia Hill, apparently at the order of mob associates.
1972 - Three days after the arrest of the Watergate burglars, President Richard Nixon met at the White House with his chief of staff, H.R. Haldeman; the secretly made tape recording of this meeting ended up with the notorious 18 1/2 minute gap.
1990 - South African Black nationalist Nelson Mandela and his wife, Winnie, arrived in New York City for a ticker-tape parade in their honor as they began an eight-city U.S. tour.
2013 - Lightning began sparking more than 2,000 fires across northern and central California, eventually burning more than one million acres.
2013 - Model Naomi Campbell was sentenced in London to 200 hours of community service and fined $4,600 after she pleaded guilty to kicking, spitting and swearing at two police officers during an argument over lost luggage while aboard a plane at Heathrow Airport.
2014 - The Obama administration granted an array of new benefits to same-sex couples, including those living in states where gay marriage was against the law; the new measures ranged from Social Security and veterans benefits to work leave for caring for sick spouses.
2016 - A divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-3 that evidence of a crime in some cases may be used against a defendant even if the police did something wrong or illegal in obtaining it.
2018 - President Donald Trump abruptly reversed himself and signed an executive order halting his administration's policy of separating children from their parents when they are detained illegally crossing the border; Trump had been insisting wrongly that there was no alternative to the policy because of federal law and a court decision.
2018 - The Vatican announced that Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the retired Roman Catholic archbishop of Washington, D.C., had been removed from public ministry and would face further punishment over "credible" allegations that he sexually abused a teenager more than 40 years earlier. (Pope Francis accepted McCarrick's resignation as a cardinal on July 28.)
2022 - The nation's youngest children got their first chance at vaccines for COVID-19. Roughly 18 million kids under 5 became eligible, and shots began at a few locations.
Birthdays
24 - Mckenzie Small (actress)
26 - Maria Lark (actress)
28 - Serayah McNeill (actress)
34 - Chris Mintz-Plasse (actor)
37 - Dreama Walker (actress)
38 - Mark Saul (actor)
41 - April Ross (volleyball player)
42 - Alisan Porter (actress/singer)
43 - Tika Sumpter (actress)
52 - Josh Lucas (actor)
54 - Peter Paige (actor)
56 - Nicole Kidman (actress)
69 - Michael Anthony (musician)
71 - John Goodman (actor)
74 - Lionel Richie (singer)
76 - Candy Clark (actress)
77 - Bob Vila (TV host)
78 - Anne Murray (singer)
80 - John McCook (actor)
81 - Brian Wilson (singer)
92 - James Tolkan (actor)
94 - Bonnie Bartlett (actress)
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Today in Sports History - June 20
1912 - The New York Giants and the Boston Braves combined for 17 runs in the ninth inning. The Giants scored 7 to the Braves' 10 runs. The Giants won the game 21-12.
1950 - Willie Mays graduated from high school and immediately signed with the New York Giants.
1960 - Floyd Patterson knocked out Ingemar Johansson to become the first heavyweight fighter to regain his own crown.
1967 - Muhammad Ali was convicted of violating Selective Service laws by refusing to be drafted and was sentenced to five years in prison. (Ali's conviction was later overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court.)
1980 - Robert Duran won a fifteen-round decision over Sugar Ray Leonard. It was the first defeat in twenty-eight professional fights for Leonard.
1993 - The Chicago Bulls defeated the Phoenix Suns in six games to win a third consecutive NBA championship.
1998 - Sammy Sosa (Chicago Cubs) hit two home runs for the second straight game. The feat set a major league baseball record of 16 home runs in June.
1999 - The Dallas Stars won their first Stanley Cup, defeating the Buffalo Sabres in six games.
2001 - Barry Bonds (San Francisco Giants) hit his 38th home run of the season. The home run broke the major league baseball record for homers before the midseason All-Star break.
2002 - Luis Castillo (Florida Marlins) set a major league record for second basemen when he got a hit in his 34th straight game.
2004 - Ken Griffey Jr. of the Cincinnati Reds hit his 500th career home run.
2006 - The Miami Heat defeat the Dallas Mavericks in six games to win their first NBA championship.
2007 - Sammy Sosa of the Texas Rangers recorded his 600th career home run.
2013 - The Miami Heat defeat the San Antonio Spurs in seven games to win a second consecutive NBA championship.
2019 - Duke forward Zion Williamson is taken with the first pick in the NBA Draft by the New Orleans Pelicans.
